NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — John Gibson made 26 saves and the Anaheim Ducks took another step to securing the NHL’s best regular-season record with a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday night. Ryan Kesler and Francois Beauchem...

UNIONDALE, N.Y. >> The Ducks had no idea their latest win put them into the Stanley Cup playoffs. They were just happy they’ve turned things around on their long Eastern trip. Frederik Andersen made 29 saves, and the NHL-leading Duc...

MOST RECENT STORIES

Sports

It seems preposterous to imagine the Stanley Cup playoffs unfolding without the Kings. They are the reigning champions, after all, a team with the grit and muscle and pedigree to hoist Lord Stanley’s 35-pound trophy again if all goes well in the coming weeks and months. Then again, the Kings haven’t secured an invitation to the party yet. Not by a long shot. Saturday dawned with the Kings holding the eighth and...

Ducks

ST. PAUL, Minn. >> Jakob Silfverberg had the go-ahead goal and an assist, and John Gibson stopped 32 shots, helping the Anaheim Ducks end a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Francois Beauchemin scored first for the Ducks, who improved to 27-1-7 in one-goal games this season, including three such wins against the Wild. Zach Parise had a power-play goal for the Wild, who had a late flurry over the final 96 seconds after...

By Dave Campbell
The Associated Press
|2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ducks

DUCKS AT WILD Faceoff: 5 p.m. TV/Radio: FSW, 830-AM Update: Team captain Ryan Getzlaf scored the fastest two goals by one player to start a game in Ducks history when he struck twice in 2 minutes, 51 seconds Wednesday against the Calgary Flames. Getzlaf also passed Paul Kariya for second place on the Ducks’ all-time scoring list with 671 points. Teemu Selanne had 988 points during his Hall of Fame-caliber tenure with the franchise. So much for the Ducks’...

|2 weeks, 4 days ago

Ducks

VANCOUVER, British Columbia >> Zack Kassian’s third-period goal lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 win over the Ducks on Monday night. Bo Horvat had the other goal for Vancouver, and Eddie Lack stopped 29 shots as the Canucks beat the Ducks in regulation for the first time in more than two years. Emerson Etem had the lone goal for the Ducks, who have dropped two straight after winning four in a row. Frederik Andersen made 14 saves. Kassian snapped a 1-1...

By The Associated Press
|3 weeks ago

Ducks

DUCKS AT CANUCKS Faceoff: 7 p.m. TV/Radio: FSW, 830 AM Update: The league-leading Ducks (42-18-7) departed Sunday for a three-game trip, and they almost looked whole again. Left wing Matt Beleskey (upper body), defenseman Sami Vatanen (lower body) and newly-acquired defenseman James Wisniewski (bruised foot) skated with their teammates and were set to join them for the trip to play Vancouver, Calgary and Minnesota. It was not immediately certain when they might play again.

|3 weeks, 1 day ago

Sports

It’s only a few hundred steps from the ice to Star Plaza in front of Staples Center. Getting there was a long and winding road for Luc Robitaille, an unlikely journey from ninth-round draft pick to the highest-scoring left wing in NHL history to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The final step for the man they called “Lucky” was to stand Saturday and watch in wonder and amazement as his statue was unveiled in front of the Kings’ arena.

Sports

And then there are nights like Friday, when everything seems to go haywire all at once and the Ducks look less like NHL leaders and potential Stanley Cup champions and more like a collection mortals with flaws and blemishes and everything in between. The Ducks’ hearts and minds seemed to be in the right place, but every small mistake and misplay seemed to lead to a goal and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated them 5-2 in front of a sellout crowd of 17,310 at the Honda...

Ducks

PENGUINS AT DUCKS Faceoff: 7 p.m. TV/Radio: Prime, 830-AM Update: The Ducks (42-17-7) returned to the top of the NHL’s overall standings after a 3-1 victory Wednesday over the Montreal Canadiens. They have won four consecutive games and seven of their last eight after a rocky stretch ended their stay atop the league. Team captain Ryan Getzlaf needs one point to break a tie with Paul Kariya (669) for the second-most points in Ducks history behind leader Teemu Selanne...

|3 weeks, 4 days ago

Ducks

Ducks winger Jiri Sekac knew Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban wouldn’t make a safe and predictable play with the puck deep in the corner midway through the second period of Wednesday’s game at Honda Center, because that’s not his style. Sekac knew that Subban would try to make a play because up until last week,...

Ducks

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Andrew Cogliano scored twice, Frederik Andersen stopped 29 shots in his return from injury, and the Anaheim Ducks got a point from one of their newcomers in a 4-1 victory over the reeling Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday night. A day after being acquired from Pittsburgh, Simon Despres assisted on Cogliano’s first goal. Ryan Kesler added an acrobatic short-handed goal, and Jakob Silfverberg also scored as the Ducks moved into a tie with slumping Nashville atop the...